All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read because we know we're alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's place but that no one can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our destiny but links us inextricably to life. Its tiny secret links remind us of how paradoxically happy we are to be alive while illuminating how tragically absurd life is.

Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes

By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.

I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.